Background: Despite their popularity, the efficacy of interventions targeting gut microbiota to
improve depressive symptoms is unknown. Our objective is to summarize the effect of …

Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the use of gut microbiota-targeting interventions,
such as probiotics, for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The objective of this update …

Accumulating studies have shown the effects of gut microbiota management tools in
improving depression. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of prebiotics …

Depression is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses and is often associated with
various other medical disorders. Since the 1980s, the primary pharmacological treatment …

Background & aims Depression is a major debilitating health problem with high global
prevalence. Gut microbiota dysbiosis might be implicated in pathophysiology of depression …

Importance The microbiota-gut-brain axis is a promising target for novel treatments for mood
disorders, such as probiotics. However, few clinical trials have been conducted, and further …

Background: Recently the gut microbiota has attracted significant interest in psychiatric
research due to the observed bidirectional gut–brain communication. A growing body of …

There is accumulating evidence on the beneficial effects of probiotic supplementation for
patients with depressive disorders. However, prior reviews on the topic have largely focused …

Background: A growing body of research has shown that consumption of probiotics can
improve symptoms associated with mood and anxiety disorders through activity of the gut …

With growing interest in the gut microbiome, prebiotics and probiotics have received
considerable attention as potential treatments for depression and anxiety. We conducted a …